Honorary Presidents
Prof. Dr. PETER FISCHER-APPELT
Acad. PETAR S. KENDEROV
Bulgarian scientist in the field of mathematics. He studied mathematics and graduated the Moscow State University, Russia. His whole scientific carrier is connected with his active work at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He chaired the Bulgarian Higher Attestation Commission to the Council of Ministers for two consecutive terms. He has a large number of scientific publications mainly in the fields of topology, functional analysis and optimization. Acad. Kenderov is one of the founders of the first International Olympiad in Computer Science for highschool students. He is also a member of the Council, President (1998-2013) and Honorary President (since 2014) of the Foundation. The South-West University conferred him a doctor honoris causa degree.